Groups as Persons? A Suggestion for a Hegelian Turn
Christian List and Philip Pettit have recently argued for a performative theory of personhood in which all agents who manage to perform in the space of obligations are taken as persons. Based on this account they claim that group agents are also persons. This theory has been challenged on the groun...
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Christian List and Philip Pettit have recently argued for a performative theory of personhood in which all agents who manage to perform in the space of obligations are taken as persons. Based on this account they claim that group agents are also persons. This theory has been challenged on the grounds of its historical accuracy, lack of political relevance, and contestability of the concept of personhood. This paper aims to take a new perspective on the debate by approaching it through the Hegelian idea of recognition. The claim is that recognition theory provides a multi-dimensional view of personhood that gives a clearer account of what is at stake with collective personhood.
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| spelling | doaj.art-b4294858be36487e9cbe1ab32b036ec22023-05-28T07:32:21ZengUniversity of ViennaJournal of Social Ontology2196-96632017-02-0132Groups as Persons? A Suggestion for a Hegelian TurnOnni Hirvonen0University of Jyväskylä Christian List and Philip Pettit have recently argued for a performative theory of personhood in which all agents who manage to perform in the space of obligations are taken as persons. Based on this account they claim that group agents are also persons. This theory has been challenged on the grounds of its historical accuracy, lack of political relevance, and contestability of the concept of personhood. This paper aims to take a new perspective on the debate by approaching it through the Hegelian idea of recognition. The claim is that recognition theory provides a multi-dimensional view of personhood that gives a clearer account of what is at stake with collective personhood. https://journalofsocialontology.org/index.php/jso/article/view/6811group agencypersonhoodPhilip PettitChristian ListrecognitionAxel Honneth |
| spellingShingle | Onni Hirvonen Groups as Persons? A Suggestion for a Hegelian Turn Journal of Social Ontology group agency personhood Philip Pettit Christian List recognition Axel Honneth |
| title | Groups as Persons? A Suggestion for a Hegelian Turn |
| title_full | Groups as Persons? A Suggestion for a Hegelian Turn |
| title_fullStr | Groups as Persons? A Suggestion for a Hegelian Turn |
| title_full_unstemmed | Groups as Persons? A Suggestion for a Hegelian Turn |
| title_short | Groups as Persons? A Suggestion for a Hegelian Turn |
| title_sort | groups as persons a suggestion for a hegelian turn |
| topic | group agency personhood Philip Pettit Christian List recognition Axel Honneth |
| url | https://journalofsocialontology.org/index.php/jso/article/view/6811 |
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